A week after it was first shown off at CES 2015, Chevrolet has detailed its new 2016 Volt, just before the hybrid car's official release at Detroit's North American International Auto Show. The 2016 model improves on its predecessor: its electric battery is both lighter and larger than last year's model, increasing in capacity from 17.1 kWh to 18.4 kWh.
But it's the new Volt's range that is most impressive — the hybrid car can travel 50 miles running on electric power alone. That means the new car can go some 12 miles further on its battery than last year's model, and the company says it expects drivers to be able to travel more than 1,000 miles on average before filling up their gas tanks.
Chevrolet says the new Volt uses revised...
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